It still featured Billy Batson and his ability to transform into Captain Marvel by saying the magic word, but the traditional Marvel Family cast never appeared. This Saturday morning Shazam! also played out much differently than the comics. Produced by Filmation, it aired alongside the live-action Shazam! series - released in 1974, one year after DC Comics licensed the character’s rights from Fawcett Comics in 1973 - as part of CBS’ The Shazam!/Isis Hour. The Secrets of Isis, however, was live-action and not necessarily a full-on DC show. In terms of character origins, Isis has more in common with the likes of Harley Quinn and X-23, both of whom debuted in animated shows outside of comic continuity but were later added in due to their immense popularity. While the show, which lasted 22 episodes over two seasons, isn’t broadly remembered beyond those who grew up watching 1970s television, its protagonist has since undergone a unique evolution, becoming a fixture of DC’s Shazam canon as Adrianna Tomaz (an homage to Thomas’ name), the wife of anti-hero Black Adam.Īnd with DC’s Legends of Tomorrow’s Zari Tomaz (Tala Ashe) rocking an alternate version of this character for the past four seasons and Sarah Shahi presumably set to play Adrianna in Dwayne Johnson’s Black Adam, it’s worth looking back at just how odd Isis’ relation with DC and Shazam was from the start. The former actress-turned nurse and hotel marketer was best known for her role in 1975’s The Secrets of Isis show as Andrea Thomas, a science teacher who secretly battled crime using a mystical Egyptian amulet that transformed her into a reincarnation of the goddess Isis. You Are Reading : Black Adam Exploring the Unusual TVtoComic Origins of DC’s IsisĬomic book fans lost an undervalued yet influential contributor to superhero media with Joanna Cameron’s passing. Shazam! ties allowed The Secrets of Isis’ protagonist to become part of the DC Universe, Black Adam’s world and Legends of Tomorrow. Black Adam: Exploring the Unusual TV-to-Comic Origins of DC’s Isis

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